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JNU issues 25-point bulletin on Najeeb, no mention of brawl

TNN | Oct 28, 2016, 00:17 IST

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) on Wednesday slammed the varsity administration’s 25-point bulletin issued about the missing BSc (biotechnology) student, Najeeb Ahmad. They said that the administration had “selectively omitted” the fact that Ahmad was attacked during a brawl the night before he went missing.
Ahmad had gone missing from JNU on October 15, a day after he had an altercation with ABVP activists and was beaten up at Mahi-Mandvi hostel. A missing FIR was lodged at Vasant Kunj (north) police station by his guardians.

JNU has listed the sequence of events point-wise in the bulletin, beginning with the brawl. It says that the hostel warden submitted a report of the brawl stating that “Najeeb had slapped Vikrant from ABVP without any provocation. The issue was resolved by the warden with some disciplinary measures as Ahmad had admitted his mistake of initiating the brawl.”

“The summary does not mention the beating of Najeeb by a group of students, a fact that has not only been in public domain but also mentioned by the warden in his statement as an eyewitness. Such an omission appears to be deliberate and could put serious questions on the objectivity of the inquiry process,” said a statement from the teachers’ association.

“We are deeply worried if there is any attempt to give a clean chit in advance to those who are out there to bring mob violence in JNU. Acts of intended omission and commission will not bring any good to the university and slowly all sections will lose faith in the administration,” the statement added.

Meanwhile, around a hundred students tried to block Nelson Mandela Marg in the evening to protest non-highlighting of the fact that Ahmad was also beaten up. “It is festival time and the stretch witnesses increased vehicular traffic in the evening. The students refused to listen to us, so we detained 40 of them,” said a senior police officer.

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